Dems: GOP tax cut plan fails Trump's own test
Source: The Hill
BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 10/21/17 10:43 AM EDT
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) ripped the Republican tax plan on Saturday, saying it fails to pass President Trump's own test for tax reform.
"We believe that the Republican tax cut framework failed to live up to the test that President Trump himself set for his tax plan when he said it would be focused on the middle class," Neal said during the Weekly Democratic Address.
"Democrats believe that the Republican tax plan is simply unfair and would further rig the tax code for the rich," he continued.
The Trump administration has pushed back against Democratic criticism that its tax-reform plan would be more beneficial to the rich than it would to the middle class. Trump touted the plan as a "middle class bill" in comments to reporters earlier this week.
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